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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and U.S. Ambassador Johnson (L) meet with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May, at No. 10 Downing Street in London, United Kingdom, on September 14, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during a bilateral meeting underway with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 1, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha pose for a photo before their meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 28, 2017.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, pictured with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, attends a memorial service reception in honor of former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, in Stanford, California, on October 7, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo chats with U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Minister for Defence Marise Payne and Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California on July 23, 2018.

Ivanka Trump visits NASAs Johnson Space Center. Pictured from left are Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Johnson Space Center Director Mark Geyer, Johnson Space Center Deputy Director Vanessa Wyche, U.S. Representative Brian Babin and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz.

10/15/2003. Madrid, 10-16-03 Infanta Cristina presents the Vocento Award for Human Values to Don Valentín Fuster. Photos Chema, Jaime García, Ernesto Agudo.

Madrid, Zarzuela Palace, 3/12/2002. Audience of HM King Juan Carlos to the federal executive commission of the PSOE. Photo: Ernesto Agudo, archdc.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson bids farewell to U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Robert F. Godec at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya on March 12, 2018.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, shares a laugh with astronaut John Glenn before a luncheon Feb. 17, 2012, celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with Glenn's Mercury mission MA-6, on Feb. 20, 1962.Glenn's launch aboard an Atlas rocket took with it the hopes of an entire nation and ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Glenn soon was followed into orbit by Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Their fellow Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom flew earlier suborbital flights. Deke Slayton, a member of NASA's original Mercury 7 astronauts, was grounded by a medical condition until the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Donald Evans on Capitol Hill (2/02/05 and 2/03/05)

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Alan Gross greets Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Az., Sen.and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. at an airport near Havana, Cuba, Dec. 17, 2014. Gross was released after 5 years in a Cuban prison.

The first presidential debate at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi on September 26, 2008

Swearing-in ceremony, reception for Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, with President George W. Bush, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Interior officials, Kempthorne family and friends on hand

Barcelona, 11/05/2018. Inauguration of Josep Sánchez Llibre, new president of Fomento del Trabajo. Photo: Inés Baucells. ARCHDC.

Gary Hart (born 1936) American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. He was the front-runner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination until he dropped out amid revelations of extramarital affairs. He represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1975 to 1987.

First official day at the Department of the Interior: Secretary Dirk Kempthorne touring Main Interior and National Mall, meeting officials, staff, visitors

U.S. President John F. Kennedy visiting with astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left), during tour of spacecraft displays, U.S. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in background, Rich Building, Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, USA, Cecil Stoughton, White House Photographs, September 12, 1962

Office of the Secretary - UNVEILING OF THE OFFICIAL PORTRAIT OF THE HONORABLE WILLIAM M. DALEY

Amir Hekmati, a U.S. citizen recently freed from unjust detainment in Iran, speaks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry - who helped negotiate his release - and U.S. Representative Dan Kildee of Michigan during a meeting on February 24, 2016, between hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, visits with Apollo astronaut Al Worden prior to a ceremony, Thursday, July 30, 2009, where Worden was honored with the presentation of the an Ambassador of Exploration Award for his contributions to the U.S. space program at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Worden served as command module pilot for the Apollo 15 mission.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 9, 2022.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel greets U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry after the Secretary arrived in his outer office at City Hall for a courtesy call during a day stop in Chicago, Illinois, on October 26, 2016, to address students at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics, and to deliver a speech before the Council on Global Affairs.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a Mural Tour with Mexican President Andr�s Manuel L�pez Obrador at the National Palace (Palacio Nacional), in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 8, 2021.

Dirk Kempthorne sworn in as Secretary of the Interior at White House ceremony led by President George W. Bush, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

07/10/2002. Madrid. 07-11-02. His Majesty the King receives the former president of the United States, Bill Clinton, at the palace. Photo Javier Prieto.

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at ORD's AA Paul Gilman swearing-in , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is greeted by staff at the U.S. Embassy Kabul in Afghanistan, on July 19, 2010.

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, and Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, chat before the 16th Annual International Women of Courage ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 14, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong chat on the 8th floor terrace, before a working breakfast for Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong for the U.S. - China Social & Cultural Dialogue at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on September 28, 2017.

New Mexico Congressman Tom Udall, left, with Morris Udall Foundation head Terrence Bracy during events at Department of Interior headquarters honoring former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall and the late Congressman Morris Udall

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U.S. President Ronald Reagan meeting with British Prime Minister Thatcher in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, February 20, 1985

Reception at Harry S. Truman Building for actress Angelina Jolie, greeted by Department officials and staff including Secretary Colin Powell, Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, and Secretary's Open Forum Chairman William Keppler. Jolie participated in Open Forum panel discussion of the documentary film that she narrated, "Trading Women," an investigation of Southeast Asian sex trafficking.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken speaks with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in Stanford, California, on October 7, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is greeted by Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi upon her arrival to Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on October 21, 2011.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman meets with Venezuelan Interim Foreign Affairs Commissioner Julio Borges, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on June 24, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton poses for a photo with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during the Rio+20 Conference on June 22, 2012.

2006 Family Heritage Awards Ceremony at the National Park Service's Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City, New York, with Acting Interior Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the speakers and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, author Frank McCourt, advertising executive Shelly Lazarus, and major league baseball's Tommy Lasorda among the featured awardees

U.S. Special Envoy George Mitchell with Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak before their meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel July 26, 2009.

President Bush delivers speech at F.B.I. Academy

Madrid 2-27-2001 Gonzalo Anes and Victor Garcia de la Concha before starting the conference by the director of the Royal Academy of Language. Photo: Daniel G. Lopez......Archdc.

President Joe Biden participates in a Q&A townhall with Chief Medical Adviser to the President Dr. Anthony Fauci on Monday, May 17, 2021, in the Blue Room of the White House.

President Reagan during a photo op with Tony Dolan.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Annie Glenn, center, speaks as former Kennedy Space Center director Roy Bridges, left, and astronaut John Glenn look on during a luncheon Feb. 17, 2012, celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with Glenn's Mercury mission MA-6, on Feb. 20, 1962.Glenn's launch aboard an Atlas rocket took with it the hopes of an entire nation and ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Glenn soon was followed into orbit by Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Their fellow Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom flew earlier suborbital flights. Deke Slayton, a member of NASA's original Mercury 7 astronauts, was grounded by a medical condition until the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975.

Event honoring the Washington National Opera in the Benjamin Franklin Room, with appearances by Secretary Condoleezza Rice and other Department officials

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo hosts the Egypt-Israel Treaty of Peace 40th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2019.

President George W. Bush on visit to Main Interior, talking and posing with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and top aides in and around the Secretary's office

Munich, Germany October 2024 The former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and future head of the Munich Security Conference Wolfgang Ischinger meets the former NATO general secretary Jens Stoltenberg and future head of the Munich Security Conference meets Wolfgang Ischinger

President George W. Bush on visit to Main Interior, talking and posing with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and top aides in and around the Secretary's office

Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Mei-An Austria, _Embassy of the Philippines in Washington Charg� d'affaires _Patrick Chuasoto, and _Protocol Director Gilbert Segarra, along with U.S. Embassy in the Philippines Deputy Chief of Mission Michael Klecheski, welcome U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Manila on November 12, 2017.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Boise, Idaho for address to the City Club, at the Grove Hotel, "Reflections on a Career in Public Service"

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Cong Norwood and Ralph Regula

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson chats with the President of Mexico Enrique Pe�a Nieto at Los Pinos in Mexico City, Mexico on February 2, 2018.

07/18/2000. Madrid..19..7..00..Presentation of the Culture of Peace Foundation..Mayor Zaragoza, Gorbachev.

Madrid 05-19-2008 Abc Deloitte forum with the mayor of Madrid Alberto Ruiz Gallardon attended by other personalities Mariano Rajoy and Esperanza Aguirre photo Jaime Garcia ...Ernesto Agudo ...And Angel de Antonio Archdc.

Visit of documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and writer-filmmaker Dayton Duncan to Main Interior, where they met with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, and spoke in the auditorium about their upcoming release, The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Secretary Condoleezza Rice visiting the Heritage Foundation headquarters in Washington, D.C. to deliver a speech in the B.C. Lee Lecture Series on U.S. foreign policy in the Asia Pacific region. Secretary Rice, introduced by Heritage Foundation President Edwin Feulner, addressed Northeast Asia issues, and policy toward North Korea in particular.

President George W. Bush on visit to Main Interior, talking and posing with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and top aides in and around the Secretary's office

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in London, England, on December 3, 2019.

Secretary Clinton, U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Margaret Scobey and Ambassador Ibrahim Hairat, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chief of Protocol, Arab Republic of Egypt in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt March 1, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with a New Zealand Minister of Parliament as New Zealand Member of Parliament Annette King and New Zealand Opposition Leader Philip Goff look on, in Wellington, New Zealand, on November 4, 2010.

Events at the 26th Annual Border Governors Conference in Hollywood, California, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Governors from the four U.S. states bordering Mexico--California Governor, and Border Governors Association Chairman, Arnold Schwarzenegger; Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano; New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson; and Texas Governor Rick Perry--along with the respective Governors of the Mexican states of Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, and Tamaulipas, as well as other present and former U.S. Cabinet Secretaries and their Mexican counterparts for discussion of bi-national economic, resource, and security issues

(L-R) Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Ahmed Attaf, Foreign Minister of Algeria, photographed during a joint meeting in Berlin, 22.06.2023., Berlin, Germany, Europe

Mrs. George H.W. Bush talks to JSC Director Michael L. Coats and Diane Coats during visit to Houston.

Secretary Clinton before her meeting with Israeli Prime Minister-Designate Benyamin Netanyahu at the King David Hotel, Jerusalem March 3, 2009.

Reception at Harry S. Truman Building for actress Angelina Jolie, greeted by Department officials and staff including Secretary Colin Powell, Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, and Secretary's Open Forum Chairman William Keppler. Jolie participated in Open Forum panel discussion of the documentary film that she narrated, "Trading Women," an investigation of Southeast Asian sex trafficking.

Event hosted by Secretary Condoleezza Rice in the Benjamin Franklin Room, marking the launch of the Ralph Bunche Societies Initiative.

Senator Bill Frist meets with Mary Tyler Moore in support of stem cell research

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Los Angeles, California to deliver address at the International Earthquake Conference

Dirk Kempthorne sworn in as Secretary of the Interior at White House ceremony led by President George W. Bush, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

TOM HANKS and NED BEATTY in CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR (2007), directed by MIKE NICHOLS.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with staff and families of Tri-Mission Vienna at the Hotel Bristol in Vienna, Austria on December 7, 2017.

Swearing-in ceremony, reception for Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, with President George W. Bush, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Interior officials, Kempthorne family and friends on hand

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Mrs. Susan Pompeo attend a dinner hosted by Ambassador Gingrich_ in Rome, Italy, on October 2, 2019.

Activities at the National Park Foundation's Leadership Summit on Partnership and Philanthropy, in Austin, Texas, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush among the participating dignitaries

(L-R) Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Ahmed Attaf, Foreign Minister of Algeria, photographed during a joint meeting in Berlin, 22.06.2023., Berlin, Germany, Europe

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS' FORUM-SERGEI KHRUSHCEV, DAVID EISENHOWER, JULIE NIXON EISENHOWER

Reception at Harry S. Truman Building for actress Angelina Jolie, greeted by Department officials and staff including Secretary Colin Powell, Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, and Secretary's Open Forum Chairman William Keppler. Jolie participated in Open Forum panel discussion of the documentary film that she narrated, "Trading Women," an investigation of Southeast Asian sex trafficking.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan meeting with Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergey Akhromeyev in the White House Oval Office, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, July 11, 1988

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with President of Uruguay Jorge Batlle Ibanez

Secretary Gale Norton hosting Take Pride in America promotional visits to Department of Interior headquarters, part of the National Football League season kick-off festivities around Washington, D.C. involving Interior and other political dignitaries, pro football luminaries, recreation activists, and music celebrities

Sen. John Glenn, left, shakes hands with former Astronaut Steve Lindsey as NASA Administrator Charles Bolden smiles at an event celebrating John Glenn's legacy and 50 years of americans in orbit held at the Cleveland State University Wolstein Center on Friday, March 3, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1998 Lindsey flew onboard the space shuttle Discovery along with then 77 year-old Sen. John Glenn for the STS-95 mission. Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth in 1962.

Madrid, 02/13/2017. The COPE network has celebrated World Radio Day by bringing together, in Herrera en la COPE, by Carlos Herrera, three historical figures of Spanish radio broadcasting: Luis del Olmo, José María García and Iñaki Gabilondo. Photo: Ignacio Gil ARCHDC.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut John Glenn is greeted by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden at the "50 Years of Americans in Orbit" presentation for employees at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana joined Glenn and Bolden for the event. This year marks 50 years since Glenn and Carpenter became the first two Americans to orbit Earth.

National Organization on Disability Chairman Michael Deland, former First Lady Barbara Bush, former President George H.W. Bush, front left to right, with Secretary Gale Norton behind, during visit to Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C., for unveiling of Roosevelt statue dedication panel

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputy Secretary Sampson with Valentina Matvienko (Governor St. Petersburg)

Vice Premier Geng Biao of China is photographed with three American officials. Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Ehud Barak at the Israeli Ministry of Defense, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 6, 2010.

U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, and U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Sung Kim gather in Tokyo, Japan, to discuss regional issues on October 17, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Michael Douglas before delivering remarks at the Ploughshares Fund Gala at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., on October 28, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo poses for a photo with his wife Susan and son Nicholas in his outer office at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 1, 2018.

(L-R) Annalena Baerbock, Bundesaussenministerin, trifft Jens Stoltenberg, NATO-Generalsekretaer, zum bilateralen Gespraech im Auswaertigen Amt in Berlin, 09.11.2023

President George W. Bush touring offices in Main Interior, meeting Department officials and staff

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At left, U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame member Al Worden congratulates astronaut William Shepherd (center) on his induction into the hall of fame during the ceremony held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. At right is Center Director Bob Cabana, who is a member of the hall of fame. Shepherd was commander of the first crew to live aboard the International Space Station. The ceremony took place May 2. More than 20 hall of fame astronauts attended, including Scott Carpenter, Walt Cunningham, Jim Lovell and Bob Crippen.

President George W. Bush touring offices in Main Interior, meeting Department officials and staff

Secretary Clinton with the Indonesian Foreign Minister, Mr. Hassan Wirajuda, at the Joint Press Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 18, 2009.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken greets Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon before their meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2015.

Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs Mary Elizabeth Taylor poses for a photo with Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Neil Gorsuch and U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo before being sworn-in, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 10, 2018.

Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman meets with Yossi Cohen, National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 18, 2015.